World Contraception Day: Separating Sex from Conception
As World Contraception Day (26 September) approaches, Dave and Erika pick the brains of two experts, Alisha Graves and Malcolm Potts. Potts is Professor at the School of Public Health at the University of California, Berkeley, was the first chair in Population and Family Planning, and founded the Bixby Center for Population, Health & Sustainability. Graves is President of Venture Strategies for Health and Development, a non-profit organization aiming to help stabilize global population by securing women’s freedom to choose their family size. Also in this episode: Release of the 2020 Living Planet Report
MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
"Humans Exploiting and Destroying Nature on Unprecedented Scale – Report" (in UK Guardian)
"Dereliction of Duty as WWF Ignores Population in Living Planet Report" by Robin Maynard
World Contraception Day (comprehensive contraception information)
OASIS Initiative (Organizing to Advance Solutions in the Sahel)